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L. FLICK. TEXTILE PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1. 918.

1,305,891 Patented June 3, 1919.

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L. FLICK.

TEXTILE PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.I. 191B.

1 ,305, 8 9 1 Patented June 3, 1919.

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LORENZ FLIGK, OF SAYLESVILLE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGN OR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

T FRANK A. SAYLES, CHARLES 0. READ; AND KENNETH F. WOOD, ALL OF PAW- TUCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENZ FLIoK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saylesville, in the county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Textile-Printing Machines, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention comprises improved means of effecting angular change of relationship between rotating rolls, more especially the print-rolls of textile printing machines, and the toothed wheels through which they are driven. In the case of a textile printing machine adjustments of this character are necessary in order that the impressions from all of the print-rolls of such machine may be caused to register properly with oneanother upon the cloth that is being printed.

1 Great accuracy of registration is required in such case. Similar adjustments are necessary for various reasons in the case of the rolls of other machines. I

The general objects of the invention are to. provide better and more convenient means for effecting the desired adjustments than the means at present employed in practice; further, to'provide improved means for en abling the said adjustments to be made with accuracy while the machine is working and with the print-rolls revolving, and with complete safety for the person who makes the adjustment.

In conformity with my invention I combine with therangular=adjustment gear intermediate a roll and its wheel an adjustment-handle for said gear that is worked manually in a plane at an angle with the planes of rotation of the roll and wheel. One feature of the invention consists in an adjustment-handle having its normal position substantially in line with the axis of the roll and wheel'and worked as just stated. The invention includes reversible transmis sion devices between the handle and the angular-adjustment gear. i

In the drawings Figure 1 is'a view showing portions of a textile printing machinehaving my inven tion applied thereto. 4

Patented June 3, 1919.

Application filed August 1, 1918. Serial No. 247,743.

Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe .parts which are more immediately involved in the invention. s

Fig. 3 is a view showing the parts ofFig. 2, partly in cross-section, with the operating handle changed. in position.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the parts that are shown in Fig. 2, with a portion of the spurp1n1on broken away.

F 1g. 5 is a sectional view showing the operating handle, its reversible dog, and the raichet-wheel with which the said dog coac s.

Having reference to the drawings,

In Fig. 1 the bowl or impression cylinder of a textile printing machine of one of the types in general use is shown at 1, and 2, 2, etc., are. engraved print-rolls of the series arranged to apply colors to the cloth passing around the said bowl. or impression cylinder, between the latter and the printrolls. The spur-pinions of the print-rolls are shown at 3, 3, etc., and 4 is the large gear rotating in unison with the bowl or cylinder 1, engaging with the spur-pinions 3, 3, and-through such engagement trans mitting movement of rotation to the printrolls.

To provide for the desired angular change of relationship between a print-roll 2 and its spur-pinion 3, the spur-pinion is mounted in conjunction with the mandrel 5 of the roll in a manner providing for angular adjustment of the roll-mandrel with respect to the pinion. In the illustrated construction, the pinion is fitted upon the exterior of a sleeve 6 that is mounted upon the outer portion of mandrel 5, the said sleeve being formed with or having applied thereto a worm-gear 7. The said sleeve and mandrel are caused to turn in unison with inner end of sleeve 6, whereby the pinion is kept from movement longitudinally of mandrel 5. I

The said worm-gear 7 constitutes one element of a convenient form of angular-adjustment gear for connecting the mandrel with the wheel 3. It is engaged by a worm 10, Figs.2 and 8, upon a smallshaft llvthat is mounted toturn in bearings at 12, 12, Fig. 2, in connection with a box 13 that is attache asrby bo %1 0theoute side of the spur-pinion 3. fI-The said Worm cone stitutes a second element of the said angular-adjustment gear. The interengagement of the worm and worm-gear causes-themandrel to turn in unison with wheel 3.

'The shaft l1 has combined therewith a motion-transmitting train through which motion is transmitted to rotate the worm 10 for the purpose of effecting the required nshla hdiustment o th m n rel r lative to the wheel 3. The drawings show a a n of conven en n trhct q a d nemen f hi toothe Whe s .1 form a part. VVheellL isifizged upon the af 1,.a 1d (M6 15 xed 111 9 when tha i d spos P all it s f 11 and likethe latter is mounted in bearings that are provided in connection with the O 1. Th webh sha is Pro id d with a worm-wheel :17 that is engaged by a worm 18 upon a shaft 19 which'is mounted in bearings in connection With box 13.

' Shaft 19 occupies a position extending iame i y with la io t m ndr l V5,,

just beyond the outer end of the mai idrel. For the purpose of enabling this diametricalshaft 19 to beactuatedby the workmen, a raw eti h m i fi ed ereon, t is ns an e n pes tiqh in in with th axi Of th mandrel 5; nclajh nd'le 21 i esly mo unted .upon thesaid shaft, preferably in IWi the mand el, 'Wit 'qap'a'ei y to w ng diame ris y, th sai 'h h l fihe ns furnished'with a dog 22, Fig. 5, for enease ent wi h the r Q Qt-WhQQI-ZO- ilhe construction and arrangement are such that he andl 2, i sw n a oun haft 19 by'the workman, the forward ,p'ushof the d'og 22 against a tooth of ratchet-wheel 20 will operate to turn theshaft 19 so as to transmit movement through the intermediate gearingto the WQI'FVH '10 and rotate the latter to occasion an angular change in the relationship betweenithe mandrel and the'wheel 3.

'In order that the relative angular shift b wee e mand l a the whee may h effected in either directionat the will of theI Q mah, th 'e ti (mean is mai eve s ble 1. t a .h 'cbnveriieh ree s yng paw a rat he echani m of well-known vLeonstructi on .is shown in the drawi gs. Thus',,,the teeth of ratchet-wheel 2 hre'showh a fd i a ed, e m pa ti hlj r y Fi's- I 5 as to. eha l such Whee to'be engaged and pushed' aroundin either d ffiQtiQ nand the dog igseh WhflSlQi-reversiblef or ap ble cahg, epnaruaiam'wa 9PP i en n P hi h L- hd p tted, at'22 to'thehandle 21 soas to enable it to be adjusted upon its pivot so as to place either of the-saidengaging portions, as may be required, in engagement with the ratchet- Wheel. A Presser-plate 23, Fig; 5, actuated v yn an iof an e pandi g pr ngr eyhear agamst .flat ed fa e th oth r ef an intermediately located. triangular projection of the back of the dog, and "operates with the efi'ectnofnholding yieldingly in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel whichever engaging portion of the .-dog is in to effectuate the desired adjustment shift' of th mandrel and print-roll with relation t0 fi e-Wheel 3. i r v c To provide for keeping the handle norw tnally extended in a linewit-h the mandrel, th cap 25 of the bearings for diametrical shaft19 is 'forme'd'with a rounded projection 26, the surface of'which is concentric'with the said bearings forthe diametri- 19,this projection having an intermediately-located depression 27, Figs. 2' and 3. A'boss 28 on the side-plate 28 of handle 21 is formed withia'chamber containing a plunger 29 andbacking-up springBOf 'Said spring-pressed plunger enters the saiddepression when the handle occupies itsintel mediate'position, and'acts to holdthe handle extended inline with'the mandrel, but when force is applied to the handle to swing it in either direction the plunger rides outofthe depression .and alongthe rounded surface ofthe projection 26so that it doesfnot'inter fere with the free manipulation offthe handle'in efi'ecting the required adjustment. Preferably the knob like portion 2150f the handle isja loose'piece, bored out to fit upon a spindle-shaped portion 21 (shown in' dot- I ted lines) of the handle, so that when the workman takes hold of the said knob-like portion the spindle-shaped portion may turn,

the s,ame, 'thereby relieving the-work'- gnanshandffrom the efiectslof friction such would result from contact with a handholdturning in unison with thebthen'parts. said kn0b-;lil e hand-hold 21 'is held fromdisplacement from the spindle shaped POrtiQ 21 Qf h an y means f 191 21 driven through sai d'thand-hold and 0c.- vtr g an annula av ext-ending around said portion'21 i The devices herein' 'descrihedenable any s ed ans flari ha s in the ela ionsh b ween th 'mand'reilzahdithe Whe to h made conveniently, and with aecuracy, as

well as with entire safety to the'wrkm'an,

with the machine in operation. Thereby, in the case of a textile printing machine the Work of securing proper register of the impressions of the various print-rolls is facilitated and made safe in its performance. The required adjustment may be effected by the workman by taking hold of the handhold 21 and'moving his hand so as to swing the handle, with the dog 22 adjusted to produce turning movement of the worm 10 in the proper direction. Or, if the dog he set to actuate the ratchet-wheel in the right direction, and the hand-hold be grasped by the workman, it simply will be necessary to maintain a yielding pressure in a given general direction. This pressure will cause the handle to assume an eccentric position, and as the then eccentrically disposed portion of the handle comes around in every rotation of the parts the maintenance of the pressure will cause the handle to swing diametrically across, producing thereby the efiect of vibrating the handle.

What is claimed as the invention is,-

1. The combination with a roll, a wheel, and angular-adjustment gear intermediate the two, including a worm-wheel concentric with the axis of the roll, and a worm engaging such worm-wheel, of an adjustmenthandle for said gear that is worked manually in a plane at an angle with the planes of rotation of the roll and wheel, and reversible motiontransmitting connections between said handle and said worm.

2. The combination with a roll, a wheel, and angular adjustment gear intermediate the two, of an adjustment-handle for said gear having its normal position substantially in line with the axis of the roll and wheel and Worked manually in a plane at an angle with the planes of rotation of the roll and wheel.

8. The combination with a roll, a wheel, an angular-adjustment gear intermediate the two, of an adjustment-handle, and re versible intermittent clutch transmission devices between the handle and the angular adjustment gear.

4:. The combination with a roll, a wheel, and angular-adjustment gear intermediate the two, of an adjustment-handle, and transmission devices comprising reversible pawl and ratchet mechanism.

5. The combination with a roll, a wheel,

and angular-adjustment gear intermediate the two, of transmission-gear including a shaft extending transversely with respect to the roll, an adjustment-handle having its normal position substantially in line with the axis of the roll, and pawl and ratchet mechanism actuated by said handle for reversibly actuating said transversely-extending shaft to actuate said angular-adjustment ear. O 6. The combination with a roll, a wheel, and angular-adjustment gear intermediate the two, of transmission-gear including a shaft extending transversely with respect to the roll, an adjustment-handle having its normal position substantially in line with the axis of the roll, a reversible pawl-device connected with said handle, and a doublefaced ratchet connected with said shaft.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LORENZ FLICK.

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